Protean comic

Protean comic
   Lotta Crabtree and Sol Smith Russell were protean comics; that is, they could switch rapidly among very different characterizations. The term "protean" came to mean generally versatile, but because of the theatricality of the technique, most opportunities for protean display occurred in comedy.

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